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... originally a word , has dwindled down to a formative element or suffix . 7. The classification of languages according to historical rela- tionship is a genealogical one . Historical relationship may be shown by comparing the grammar and ...
... originally a word , has dwindled down to a formative element or suffix . 7. The classification of languages according to historical rela- tionship is a genealogical one . Historical relationship may be shown by comparing the grammar and ...
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... originally gh . svid ( to sweat ) ίδρώς δαμάω tamjan dar (. χόρτος .... co - hors , hortus ... gards ( house ) ..... karto ( Ger . gar - garden , ten ) yard orchard ( ort- yard ) hyas * .. χθές heri , hesternus ... gistra ... këstar ...
... originally gh . svid ( to sweat ) ίδρώς δαμάω tamjan dar (. χόρτος .... co - hors , hortus ... gards ( house ) ..... karto ( Ger . gar - garden , ten ) yard orchard ( ort- yard ) hyas * .. χθές heri , hesternus ... gistra ... këstar ...
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... ( originally -um ) becomes e and en . 6. Some confusion is seen in the gender of nouns . 7. Adjectives show a tendency to drop certain case - endings ( 1 ) The genitive singular masculine of the indefinite declension . ( 2 ) The genitive ...
... ( originally -um ) becomes e and en . 6. Some confusion is seen in the gender of nouns . 7. Adjectives show a tendency to drop certain case - endings ( 1 ) The genitive singular masculine of the indefinite declension . ( 2 ) The genitive ...
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... originally syllabic , 1 in which the consonants were regarded as the substantial part of the syllable , the vowels being looked upon as altogether subordinate and of inferior value . Consequently the consonants only were written , or ...
... originally syllabic , 1 in which the consonants were regarded as the substantial part of the syllable , the vowels being looked upon as altogether subordinate and of inferior value . Consequently the consonants only were written , or ...
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... originally devised and intended to represent the vowel sounds heard in far , prey , figure , pole , rule , respectively . In other languages that employ them they still have this value . During the written period of our language the ...
... originally devised and intended to represent the vowel sounds heard in far , prey , figure , pole , rule , respectively . In other languages that employ them they still have this value . During the written period of our language the ...
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adjectives adverb Ayenbite become Cambridge century we find Chaucer cloth cognate College compounds connecting vowel consonants Crown 8vo dative declension demonstrative ELEMENTARY ending Extra fcap fcap feminine fourteenth century FOURTH PERIOD French gender genitive Goth Gothic Grammar Greek HISTORY indefinite infinitive inflections inflexion language later forms Latin masc masculine Midland modern English NEUT neuter Northern dialect nouns numerous O.E. we find O.Fr O.H.Ger occurs Old English older oldest English originally Ormulum participle passive participle Past Indicative past tense PERF period we find plural preposition PRES Professor Robert of Brunne Robert of Gloucester root Sansk Sanskrit Schools Second Edition SECOND PERIOD Shakespeare silf Sing singular sometimes Southern Spenser stem strong verbs Subjunctive substantives suffix syllable Teutonic THIRD PERIOD thirteenth and fourteenth thirteenth century thou TREATISE twelfth vowel weak verbs West Midland writers þæt þat
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